Coordinating Secretariat for Maritime Issues – 17+1

11 September 2020

DCT appointed a representative in Czechia and Slovakia.

For several years, DCT Gdansk container terminal has been building its position in Czechia and Slovakia. Every year, through this terminal, passes dozens of containers…

#SeafarersAreKeyWorkers

The 2020 IMO campaign encourages everyone to treat seafarers with the respect and dignity they deserve so that they can continue to provide their vital…

Ports investments can boost the Europe’s future economy

In order to revive the Central and Eastern European economy, it is crucial to reduce the risk for the implementation of investment projects related to…

Polish seaports capacity in times of Covid19

Regardless of pandemic Polish seaports transshipment are at a good and safe level. In Poland the beginning of this year proved to be record-breaking for…

Eurasian supply chains in times of COVID-19

The current conditions for Eurasian transport are extremely stressful. According to analyses of leading international institutions, this article attempts to diagnose the current impact of…

18 February 2020

Seaport Authority Szczecin Świnoujście (ZPMSiŚ) is looking for investors

According to the plans, the deep-water container terminal is to enable access to the largest container ships that are able to sail on the Baltic…

10 February 2020

Advice for shipping companies on the new type of coronavirus COVID19

17+1 Secretariat continues to work remotly despite coronavirus COVID19, that spread across the whole world. The maritime sector has a key role to play in…

10 February 2020

Port Gdynia with concern for the environment

Green shipping becomes extremely important in 2020. Ships are no longer just a means of transporting goods and people at sea, but are also a…

2 December 2019

First regular railway service to connect China with Gdansk

DCT Gdansk launched the first permanent railway connection of the Euro China Train. The train will regularly arrive from Xi'an in China via the Adampol…

31 October 2019

Deputy Minister F.A. Maciej Lang attends a meeting of National Coordinators of 17+1 Format held in Beijing

The participants agreed to have the 17+1 Midterm Cooperation Agenda for 2020-2025 adopted during the meeting of 17+1 leaders in 2020.

The visit of the People’s Republic of China’s foreign minister to Warsaw

On July the 8th, 2019, ministers f.a. of both countries chaired the II meeting of the Polish-Chinese Intergovernmental Committee. Both sides welcomed the activities of…

Visit of the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas of China in Warsaw

The head of the Chinese delegation was Director of the Fisheries Office in the Ministry, Mr. Zhang Xianliang.

The fourth summit of the Three Seas Initiative took place in Slovenia

One of the most important information announced during this summit was the planned establishment of the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund.

The Outer Port in Gdynia is getting closer thank to a record-breaking year in cargo handling

"The idea of building the Outer Port is becoming a reality, it is the greatest project in the history of the Port of Gdynia and…

The Gdansk Central Port’s eventual conception has been presented

The Port of Gdansk Authority has been working on the concept of development of the Central Port for nearly a year. The first terminals may…

Deputy Minister Ms. Anna Moskwa met the Yellow River Conservancy Commission

The tackled issue was the cooperation within the competence of the Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation and the State Water Farm "Polish Waters…

20 September 2018

President Andrzej Duda at the Summit of the Three Seas Initiative in Bucharest

The third this year’s summit of the Three Seas Initiative was held on 17-18 September in Bucharest, parallel to the Business Forum for the transport,…

13 September 2018

Infrastructure development in CEE one of the themes of the XXVIII Economic Forum in Krynica-Zdrój

The 28th Economic Forum in Krynica-Zdrój was held this year on 4 – 6 September. Over three days took place almost 180 discussion panels, debates and…

Three Seas Fund to be established

At the upcoming summit of the Three Seas countries in Bucharest, which will be held on 17-18 September, banking institutions from 12 countries will sign…

The Baltic Ports Conference 2018 will be held in Szczecin, Poland

The Baltic Ports Conference 2018 will be held on 5-7 September in Szczecin, Poland. The BPC2018 will tackle multiple issues currently relevant to the maritime…

Construction of the next section of the trans-European Via Carpatia route. A large part of the route will run through Poland

Via Carpatia will be a trans-European transport corridor, which may become a new connection between north and south of Europe, integrating transport systems in Lithuania,…

The modernization of the Świnoujście – Szczecin seaway – the contractor has been chosen

On July 31, 2018 has been selected an offer within the public procurement procedure for the design and execution of construction and dredging works regarding…

Very good situation of Polish ports – next records in transshipments

Polish seaports Gdańsk, Gdynia and Szczecin-Świnoujście are breaking records in transshipment of imported and exported goods. With each month, the number of tons increases, which…

The improvement of transport communication between Poland and V4 countries will facilitate access to the Polish seaports

The A1 motorway is a road belonging to the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and the priority project “Highway Gdańsk – Brno / Bratislava – Vienna”.…

Visualisation of the Pelješac bridge (source: European Commission, http://europa.eu)

Construction of the Pelješac bridge as the example of Chinese and Croatian cooperation

The Pelješac bridge will connect the peninsula of the same name with the rest of mainland Croatia over the Adriatic, providing an alternative route to…

Photo: Press Office of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria

The Central and Eastern Europe – China Summit 2018 in Sofia

The 7th Central and Eastern Europe – China summit was held on 6-7 July in Sofia. The theme of the meeting was Deep, open cooperation…

Promoting cooperation between seaports within the Belt and Road Initiative

During the World Maritime Day Parallel Event 2018 Mr. LIU Xiaoming, Vice-Minister of Transport of China delivered a presentation on promoting pragmatic cooperation in seaports…

photo: Wojciech Strozyk

World Maritime Day Parallel Event 2018 in Szczecin. The most important maritime event of the United Nations has just ended!

Debates with attendance of 15 ministers from all over the world, world-class experts and more than 800 domestic and foreign participants as well as discussions…

Photo: Wojciech Stróżyk

About the ‘16+1’ format during the World Maritime Day Parallel Event 2018 in Szczecin

On the margins of the World Maritime Day Parallel Event 2018 in Szczecin was held a meeting on maritime issues within the '16+1' format. The…

Photo: Ministry Economic Affairs and Infrastructure of Estonia

Joint Polish and Estonian plans of activities within „16+1” initiative

On May 25th, 2018 Mr. Marek Gróbarczyk, Minister of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation of Poland paid a visit to Tallin and held a bilateral…

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The Coordinating Secretariat is situated at the Ministry of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation of the Republic of Poland. It is a part of a larger system of coordinating centres of 17+1 format, closely cooperating with other centres. The Coordinating Secretariat for Maritime Affairs acts towards combining political and business aspects.

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